'Killer nanny' Yoselyn Ortega convicted of murdering two kids in her care in Upper West Side apartment

A jury has convicted a nanny who fatally stabbed two children in her care in one of the city’s most heinous crimes in recent memory.

An Upper West Side nanny was convicted Wednesday of perpetrating a parent's worst nightmare — stabbing to death two children in her care in one of the city's most heinous crimes in recent memory.

Yoselyn Ortega learned her fate Wednesday after a two-month trial that featured heartwrenching testimony from the parents of Lulu and Leo Krim. Lulu was only 6, and her little brother just 2.

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Ortega, 55, is likely to spend the rest of her life behind bars for the incomprehensible double slaying in October 2012.

The children's father, Kevin Krim, broke out crying when the verdict was announced after just a day of deliberations.

Ortega, who was convicted on four counts of murder, sat stone-faced and motionless. The killer nanny brought the Krim kids to their W. 75th St. apartment — instead of to Lulu's dance class — on Oct. 25, 2012, and used a pair of kitchen knives to stab and slash them in the bathroom of the home.

Krim also lashed out at Ortega's family, who, according to court testimony, deceived them about the nanny's background, yet "remain wholly unaccountable for their role in the murders of our children."

He said they were supporting legislation that would make it a crime to falsify job applications and references for people involved in child care.

"Every child deserves a caregiver who is honest and responsible," Kevin Krim wrote in the post.

"And no one should think they can lie when it comes to the care and safety of our children."

Marina Krim took to Instagram after the verdict to post a picture from atop the Empire State Building in honor of her slain son and daughter.

"You two never made it to the top," she said in the post accompanying a sweeping view of Manhattan.

"But I'm up here now for the first time, in peace, on top of the world, remembering another lifetime and thinking of you. NYC, Lulu and Leo loved you and I love you too!"

The devastated Krims have tried to rebound from the tragedy, moving out of their apartment with their daughter Nessie and setting up a fund in Lulu and Leo's names. The couple has since welcomed two sons, Felix and Linus.